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TopicState of the State

Topic: State of the State

‘State of The State’ is a series by Sanjeev Chopra that analyses policy, civil services, and governance in India. 

Sanjeev Chopra is a historian and Festival Director of Valley of Words. Till recently, he was the Director of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration.

Statue of Unity is central to IAS officers for Modi’s Aarambh course

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Patel integrated all the 562 princely states and laid the foundations of a strong civil service structure. All fresh entrants must take their inspiration from his works.

India’s Amul milk model has a lot to teach its state cereals, pulses procurement schemes

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Only when the procurement of an entire range of commodities – from Manipur oranges and Uttarkashi apples to Sunderban raw honey– is put on an even and transparent keel will India’s rural economy grow.

For SMART police, India needs to train constables in law, forensics, tech. Not just their bodies

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For long, ‘order’ took precedence over ‘law’ in India. It’s time to select the right constables.

NAFED, IFFCO, ICAR can fix India’s food security by going global

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Our leading agribusiness organisations and farmers can set up agriculture operations in Central Asia, Latin America, and Africa where arable lands are aplenty.

NTA exam centres for IITs, AIIMS set to go global. Next wave in Indian education

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From wresting the ICS exam from the UK to Delhi to the rise of IITs, India has come a long way. There's no stopping now.

Why Murshidabad lost out to Calcutta—Unlike Mughals, British didn’t depend on banking families

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Murshidabad was one of the first districts established by the East Indian Company. Now Mamata Banerjee govt is set to trifurcate it.

Modi govt takes IAS promotions to next level—Additional, Joint Secretary now come closer

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Under the new system, even though the undersecretary will be promoted to a deputy secretary and then to a director, the function will remain the same.

India has 71 towns, cities under Police Commissionerate. It just creates hierarchy

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There is a need to re-examine not just the 1861 Police Act, but also the colonial practice of four-stage recruitment and the non-involvement of city governments in law and order.

India is understaffed. PM’s nudge to fill lakhs of public sector job is affordable and doable

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From teachers to doctors to IAS officers, India has lakhs of vacancies. Keeping them empty hurts our Sustainable Development Goals.

India has debated sedition at length but it won’t go without the overhaul of justice system

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Preventive Detention has stayed its course because India didn’t invest much in the investigative competence of the police, or legal acumen of the prosecutors.
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Economy

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

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Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

Defence

What is ‘ROCKS’, India’s first air-launched quasi-ballistic missile

Snehesh Alex Philip -
A next generation extended stand-off air-to-surface missile test fired by IAF, ROCKS has been designed & manufactured by Israeli defence major Rafael, keeping India’s needs in mind.

National Interest

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

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While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.

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